Iain Dale: Is Labour’s manifesto the longest suicide note yet?

And: the Conservatives hide their own manifesto away. The LibDems bungle theirs – which Prince Andrew wrecks anyway. Plus: election night line-ups.

Henry Hill: Sturgeon turns the knife as Corbyn undermines Labour in Scotland

Also: Reports of strong Tory performance and start of the Salmond trial casts shadow over the SNP; DUP claim they will have influence after the election.

Garvan Walshe: You can’t eat the hashd al-sha’bi or fill up your car with Hezbollah. Iran’s theocrats hunker down as protests mount.

The seriousness of the uprising can be judged by the severity of the crackdown. Over a hundred people are dead, and the internet has been shut down.

Andy Street: Our holistic approach to public health in the West Midlands ensures spending is effective

We are encouraging people to do more exercise. We are investing millions in schemes to boost cycling and walking, which helps improve air quality in built-up areas.

Neil O’Brien: There are still weeks to go, but for backbenchers like me, campaign 2019 feels much, much better than 2017

The campaign feels better run, including online. People massively prefer Boris Johnson to Corbyn. The question is whether it is enough

Nick Hargrave: Wanted. A Too Difficult Department to help tackle intractable post-election problems.

I am arguing that there is some limited space for radical candour with the electorate on the difficult choices facing the country in the 2020s.

Iain Dale: Worryingly for the Conservative Party, it’s unclear how Tory Remainers will vote

Plus: The ups and downs of Johnson’s broadcast. Poor A & figures. Conservative and Labour no shows. And: what to give a woman at Christmas.

Henry Hill: Johnson ‘vows to end persecution’ of Troubles veterans

Also: Prime Minister mocked over claims Ulster goods won’t face checks; and he takes a tough line on Scottish independence as Corbyn swithers.

Daniel Hannan: Castro. Chávez – and now Morales. That these tyrants are Corbyn’s heroes should make us very, very frightened.

His attitude ought to worry us. I mean that literally. All these men believed that the end justified the means.

Ryan Bourne: Why billionaries are a sign of a fair society

It stretches credulity to just assume that rent-seeking or uncompetitive markets account for all British top wealth.

Stephen Booth: An independent UK must decide swiftly on its preferred place in the world

Politicians are so uncomfortable talking seriously about our international role and relationships that instead we constantly engage in proxy battles.

David Gauke: A traditional southern Conservative supporter ponders how best to vote

Economic competence has been the cornerstone of the Conservative appeal. Remove that cornerstone and the entire structure becomes fragile.

Iain Dale: How Unite to Remain seeks to rob voters of having a real choice

Plus: Labour moves to the Left, the Conservatives to the Right – and the latter has a bad week.

Henry Hill: How the Welsh Conservatives may win enough seats to offset setbacks in Scotland

Analysis of current polls shows the Party picking up nine or ten seats; my own sources suggest it will be more like six.

Garvan Walshe: Nobody except the Catalan separatists will gain from Spain’s second election of the year

The PSOE hoped to reunite the Left. Instead, rising tensions have fuelled extreme parties.